Polarization-controlled, photodriven bending in monodomain liquid crystal elastomer cantilevers

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1080-1085

  White, Timothy J ^a,b   Serak, Svetlana V ^c   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^c   Vaia, Richard A ^a   Bunning, Timothy J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; AZOBENZENE; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NANOCANTILEVERS; POLARIZATION;

AZOBENZENE MESOGENS; AZOBENZENE MOIETY; BENDING PERFORMANCE; LASER INTENSITIES; LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; POLARIZATION ANGLE;

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

EID: 59949100256     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b818457g     Document Type: Article

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